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Melanie Thomassian

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Vitamin D And Your Heart Health: Boosting Your Levels

Over the last few weeks we've been looking at the importance of vitamin D to our health, and how you can work out if you are deficient.   If you missed these articles, I urge you to check them out. You can find them here and here.   Today, I'd like to focus on increasing your vitamin D levels. So, here are 3 natural ways to boost... Read moreChevron
posted 06/17/2011, comments (0)|
Melanie Thomassian

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Vitamin D And Your Heart Health: Preventing Deficiency

Last week we looked at some studies demonstrating the importance of vitamin D in protecting your heart. If you missed that article, you can find it here. Today I want to focus a little more on vitamin D deficiency, and how you can find out if you are lacking.   According to Dr Michos, a cardiologist at Johns Hopkins, 41% of men and 53%... Read moreChevron
posted 06/02/2011, comments (0)|
Melanie Thomassian

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Vitamin D And Your Heart Health: Scientific Evidence

Vitamin D is vitally important to our health, but most people just don't realise that.   In truth, vitamin D is about an awful lot more than simply preventing rickets in children. It's benefits include reducing your risk of certain cancers, improving bone density, reducing blood sugars, and on and on it goes.    Observational... Read moreChevron
posted 06/02/2011, comments (0)|
Lisa Nelson, RD, LN

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Healthy Diet for a Healthy Heart

There is an overwhelming amount of information regarding what you should and should not eat available to you. Many times I see people try new diet or special foods to promote heart health. However, they don't have the basics in place to promote a healthy heart. Therefore, making one particular change, such as eating more walnuts, won't have as... Read moreChevron
Lisa Nelson, RD, LN

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Hypoglycemia and Heart Disease

It's well known that individuals who live with diabetes (hyperglycemia) have an increased risk for heart disease, but did you realize that hypoglycemia (low blood glucose) is also a concern? What is hypoglycemia? Hypoglycemia occurs when blood glucose (also know as blood sugar) drops below normal levels. We obtain glucose from the foods we eat.... Read moreChevron
posted 05/11/2011, comments (0)|

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