Blood oranges for your blood vessels
Blood oranges get their deep rich red color from a naturally high level of phytonutrients and drinking their fresh juice can lower heart disease risk markers.
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Posted on Mon, 28 May 12
Posted on Mon, 23 Apr 12
Breaking up sitting lowers blood glucose by 30%
Are you sitting at your desk reading this? Research has shown that sitting for long periods has a detrimental effect on your blood glucose control and increases your risk of diabetes and heart disease. Short activity breaks have a bigger benefit than you thought.
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Posted on Mon, 13 Dec 10
Negative emotions starve your heart
Negative emotions are strongly related to the development of heart disease and a new study has found that a bad mood quite literally suffocates your heart.
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Posted on Mon, 13 Dec 10
Saved by a tipple, killed by a binge
It is much safer to space your alcohol throughout the week than to down it all in one day suggests a study contrasting the very different drinking behaviours of the French and Irish.
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Posted on Sat, 4 Dec 10
Omega 6 fatty acids increase risk of death
Current guidelines suggest that increasing your intake of omega 6 fatty acids prevents heart disease; however a new analysis of the evidence has come to a very different conclusion: advice to specifically increasing omega 6 fatty acid intakes is unlikely to provide the intended benefits, and may actually increase the risks of heart disease and death.
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Posted on Fri, 22 Oct 10
Joyful laughter averts a broken heart
It is well known that negative emotions such as depression, anxiety and anger increase heart disease risk but little is known about the effect of positive emotional states. According to a new report joyful laughter is good for your heart.
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