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2 Things
That Cannot Be Skipped For Diabetics
Diabetes can raise the risk of leading
to heart disease. One should not treat this lightly if he or she has
confirmed to be diabetic. Besides medications, urine test and
exercise are the two things that cannot be skipped. |
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All You Need To Know
About Insulin
Whenever we talk about heart disease,
we always list diabetes mellitus as one of the risk factors. With
the mention of diabetes, it is unlikely that we can ignore the
involvement of insulin. |
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An Ancient
Herbal Therapy For Diabetics
A recent study revealed that an herbal
therapy that has been used for thousands of years may help control
blood sugar levels in people suffering from Type-2 diabetes. Milk
thistle, a flowering herb, contains several chemicals with possible
medical effects. |
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Are You A Perfectionist?
A perfectionist is one who regards
anything short of perfect as unacceptable. But in the eyes of
experts in psychology, perfectionists are those who hold
unrealistically high standards and judge themselves or others as
always falling short. |
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Are You Aware That
Walnuts Can Combat Unhealthy Fats?
Research suggests that eating walnuts
at the end of a meal may help cut the damage that is done to the
arteries by the fatty food. It is believed that the nuts are rich in
compounds that reduce hardening of the arteries, and keep them
flexible. |
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Arteries
Can Be Damaged In Obese Children!
Millions of children could end up with
diabetes, heart disease, and other problems linked to being
overweight and their parents are not even aware of it. |
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Beware
Of Kids That Have Signs Of Heart Disease!
Under normal circumstances, we would
think that only adults, especially elderly, will have narrowing and
hardening of arteries. But, the findings of a study presented at the
annual American Heart Association in Chicago last month (Nov 2006)
will probably change our views. |
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Blindness Could
Be Caused By Diabetes!
Diabetes is a metabolic disorder that
reduces a person’s immunity. It can lead to heart disease, and it
may also affect some organs of the body, such as the eyes. |
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Can
High Dose Statin Help Reduce Blood Cholesterol Levels?
Persons with heart trouble and high
blood cholesterol levels are sometimes put by their doctors on high
dosage of statin drugs so as to quickly lower their blood
cholesterol levels. High dosage of statin can offer only a marginal
benefit compared to the current treatment. |
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Can
Vitamins Reduce The Risk Of Heart Disease?
The interest in Vitamins A, C, and E
stems from their antioxidant properties. Antioxidants interfere with
the complex process through which LDL cholesterol starts plaque
formation. |
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Drug Coated Stents
May Be Harmful To Patients!
Drug-coated stents have hailed as a
major advance just 3 years ago are now being blamed to cause blood
clots and other complications in certain high-risk cases and
patients. |
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Exercise
Before Meal May Keep You Heart Healthy!
There is no question that exercise is
always part of a heart-healthy lifestyle. But when is the best time
to exercise? After reading this article, perhaps you may want to
exercise before meal. |
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How A Diabetic
Manages His Disease
Family history, obesity, lack of
exercise, and unhealthy diet can cause one to develop such disease.
If it is not managed properly, it may result in complications such
as kidney failure, blindness, and neuropathy. Diabetics are also at
a higher risk to develop heart disease. |
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How
Holidays Can Lead To More Cardiac Mortality?
Christmas and New Year are two of the
holiday seasons that are supposed to fill people with joys and
happiness. But, do you know that death rates due to heart disease
and other causes are higher around Christmas and New Year's Day than
other days of the year. |
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Is Crestor The
Magic Treatment For Diabetes?
A 26-week study showed that Crestor
(rosuvastatin) is more effective than any other in reducing the bad
cholesterol level in patients with Type-2 diabetes. |
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Is
Fruit Fiber Superior Than Vegetable Fiber For Heart?
Not all fiber is created equal, and
not all may offer equal protection for heart disease. Only dietary
fiber from cereals and fruits, but not vegetables, appeared to
reduce the risk of heart disease. |
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Is There
Any Heart Healthy Alternative To Your Favorite Spread?
Mayonnaise, cream cheese, and any
other tasty spread that are favored by people in the past are
quickly replaced by nut butters that share the stellar nutritional
profile of peanut butter. |
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Low-fat Or Low-carb Diet?
Which Is Better?
People tend to eat more refined
carbohydrates when fats are reduced. This could be a reason why
reduction of fat in American diets has not led to decrease in
heart-related illnesses. |
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Mixing heart drugs can
be fatal!
A standard combination of diuretics
and blood-pressure drugs has been prescribed to heart-failure
patients by their doctors. Such treatment has widely been used in
United States following... |
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Risk of
overweight for youngsters who skimp on milk
Youngsters who skimp on milk and other
dairy food to avoid calories actually appear to substantially
increase their risk of becoming overweight. |
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Second Hand
Smoke Can Be More Dangerous Than What You Think
If I do not smoke, I do not need to
worry about it. This statement is only partially right. People may
not aware that each time someone smokes, poisons are released into
the air. |
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Soy And Its Healing
Power On Heart Disease
In reality, soybean is more than just
a bean because of its amusing healing power on various diseases.
Many researches have been conducted on the health effects of
soybeans and soybean constituents. |
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Staying Healthy Need Not Diet But
Exercise
Now, some British researchers have
advised clinically obese women don’t go on diet but change the way
they eat, and they can eat whatever they want in moderation to
improve their health. |
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Test Blood First
To Decide What Diet Is Best
Anyone who intends to go on diet will
need to go for a blood test. Dr Cohen will personally analyze the
blood test results and he will then come up with a specific eating
plan which balances proteins and carbohydrates. The diet is not
based solely on counting calories, but on food types, quantities and
combinations. |
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The Importance
Of Selecting The Right Fish Oil Pills
Despite the possible presence of
contaminants in fish, benefits of eating fish cannot be denied as
supported by numerous researches and studies. Fish contain omega-3
fatty acid that helps reduce the risk of heart disease. |
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The Importance Of Shaping Good Eating Habits For Children
Obesity in schoolchildren has
increased in the last decade. The impact of obesity is that more
children are now with Type 2 or lifestyle diabetes as a result of
their diets and less exercise. This is a worldwide problem that is
not to be overlooked because diabetes and obesity are two of the
leading risk factors of heart disease. |
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What
Can A Herbal Wonder Drug Do For Your Heart?
Garlic, whether raw or cooked, is
famous for its strong characteristic odor. But, are you aware that
garlic can be used medically besides its culinary purposes. In fact,
garlic has long been considered as a herbal "Wonder Drug". |
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What Barley Can Do For Your
Heart?
Diet high in soluble fiber had
greatest effect on reducing LDL. Products containing whole or milled
barley grain can reduce the risk of heart disease. |
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What Ginkgo Can
Help To Prevent Heart Disease?
Ginkgo has become one of the
well-researched herbs in the world, and can also be used to prevent
and overcome problems related to heart disease. |
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You Can Be Old But Your Heart Must
Be Young
Heart health needs not deteriorate
when you grow older. You must focus on the impact of heart disease
and the risk factors in order to help prolong your heart’s youth. |