Archive for the 'heart health' Category

Key #1 Nutrition
After spending billions of dollars, over the past thirty years, the American Cancer Society has begun to realize that searching for a cure may not be the answer. Now they are focusing more on prevention. And what is the best way to prevent cancer? Fruits and vegetables.
There has been a lot of controversy [...]

Ground flax seeds are a great nutritional supplement to most people’s diet. Flax oil is not.
The Good:

Flax is high in ALA, an essential fatty acid that has some health benefits.

Flax is high in protein

Flax is high in lignans, a phytonutrient that protects against breast cancer and other estrogen related cancers.

Eating ground flax seeds slows the [...]

Siesta Time

As I was researching side effects of insomnia for my Sunday sleep series, I found this article in Tuesday’s edition of the International Herald Tribune.
They found that Greeks who took regular 30-minute siestas were 37 percent less likely to die of heart disease over a six-year period than those who never napped. So, I guess [...]