Since the advent of cholesterol lowering drugs cholesterol has become “public enemy number one” and has taken nearly all the blame for the increase in CVD. Unfortunately this has led to a lot of misinformation and misdirection in treating the real illness of CVD and its causes. The current ideology is far from the truth […]
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11 things to add to your life to reduce your risk of heart attack and stroke
Eat more vegetables and fruit and extra raw vegetables (salad and smoothie) Eat more nuts and beans Supplement with omega 3, vitamin C, B, antioxidants like grape seed extract and marine pine bark, coq10, alpha lipoic acid and minerals. Drink more water Move more and become more physically active. Just walk a little more Stand […]
Australians are getting fatter and more obese and the young ones are getting it worse.
New modelling predicts 35 per cent of adults will be obese by 2025, with younger people now gaining weight at higher rates than ever before. The modelling out of University of Sydney predicts one in three adults will be classified as obese by 2025. But young Australian adults gaining more weight than they were in […]
Men eat too much meat.
Study shows how to reduce exposure to Personal care toxins in adolescent girls
A study released this week in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives showed that using personal care products without toxic endocrine (hormone) disrupting chemicals (EDC’s) for 3 days dramatically reduces exposure levels in girls. These chemicals have been linked with many health disorders including a recent findings showing a very strong link with breast cancer in […]
Salt Myth
Despite the public outcries to reduce salt the research is not so clear. In fact in support of what I have ben writing for many years now another very large study says that at best salt only leads to a small reduction in blood pressure and reduction in heart disease in hypertensive individuals. However, this […]
Low selenium linked with liver cancer (any many other conditions).
Low levels of selenium are reported throughout many countries including Australia where deficiencies are widespread. Some estimates put low selenium levels at around about 80% of the Australian population due to the low concentration of selenium in Australian soils A recent study of over 520000 people confirmed what is already known that low selenium is […]
Bringing the nutrients back into our food, Nutrient Density
In the beginning there were healthy, whole foods packed full of nutrients. Today half the world is plagued by starvation and the other half from too much nutrient-depleted, calorie dense food. Times have changed and so must the way we look at food, nutrition and our health. The modern day processed “white foods” such as […]
Olive oil. The good oil
A liberal sprinkle of olive oil on your food may be good for your health and even help with weight loss. Over the past decade there has been increasing interest in the health benefits of the Mediterranean Diet. With rates of chronic disease, such as cancer and heart disease, increasing in western societies, rates have […]
Olive oil. The good oil
A liberal sprinkle of olive oil on your food may be good for your health and even help with weight loss. Over the past decade there has been increasing interest in the health benefits of the Mediterranean Diet. With rates of chronic disease, such as cancer and heart disease, increasing in western societies, rates have […]
