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Dr. William Davis

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posted 07/08/2008, comments (0)

Heart Disease Diet: Do You Have a "Wheat Belly"?

Low HDL cholesterol, high triglycerides, small LDL particles: the most common triad of abnormalities today behind heart disease. Along with this pattern comes high blood pressure, high blood sugar, diabetes and pre-diabetes, increased inflammation, increasingly blood clot-prone blood. This common collection that now afflicts over 50 million... Read more Chevron

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Melanie Thomassian

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posted 07/07/2008, comments (0)

Chinese Red Yeast Rice: Good for the Heart?

Since the 1970s, studies have reported that Chinese red yeast rice may be useful in lowering total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, and triglyceride levels. The use of red yeast rice in China was first documented in the Tang Dynasty in 800 A.D, where it was renowned as being a mild aid for indigestion, diarrhoea, blood circulation, spleen and... Read more Chevron

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Dr. Larry Weinrauch

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Cardiovascular Internist

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posted 05/27/2008, comments (0)

Rimonabant: Miracle Drug for Obesity?

A recent article and editorial in the Journal of the American Medical Association (April 2, 2008) follows many recent studies on the drug rimonabant, available in many countries in Europe but not the US. This drug acts more or less as an anti-marijuana drug. Marijuana causes a state that in part is of euphoria, relaxation, a stimulation of the... Read more Chevron

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