The take-away from eating takeout with less sodium should be a no-brainer, but many people are unaware that one serving of General Tsao’s chicken can contain up to 2,325 mg of sodium – 25 mg more than the amount FDA recommends eating in an entire day. Perhaps this is why the city of Philadelphia decided to work with its Chinese food restaurants to reduce that amount by 10-15%.
New research suggests that a rapid resting heart rate could be an indicator of early death, even in people without the usual risk factors for heart disease.
“Higher resting heart rate is an independent predictor of all-cause and cardiovascular death,” said lead researcher Dr. Dongfeng Zhang, of the department of epidemiology at the Medical College of Qingdao University in Shandong, China. [1]
A major study involving nearly 800,000 Japanese individuals shows that consuming fizzy drinks can “significantly” increase your risk of heart disease and stroke. The study found that the more people spent on fizzy beverages, the more likely they are to suffer cardiac arrest outside of the hospital. [1]
A childhood filled with psychological stress may put youngsters at greater risk of developing diabetes and heart disease later in life. [1]
Teens who suffer from bipolar disorder or depression have a high risk of heart disease, The American Heart Association (AHA) says. It also said adolescents should be screened for the condition. [1]
The AHA made the announcement a couple months ago. The organization said that bipolar disorder and depression often lead to poor eating habits and a lack of exercise, both of which can lead to heart disease. But being diagnosed with either psychiatric disorder alone can raise the risks, regardless of lifestyle habits.
If you sleep too little, or even too much, you might be doing a lot of damage to your heart. A new study published in Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology finds that either of these factors in young to middle-age people – along with poor quality of sleep – raises levels of calcium in the coronary arteries, leading to arterial stiffness.
If running sounds like little more than a prescription for sweat and pain, maybe this will improve your outlook a bit: you don’t necessarily have to run long distances or for long periods of time to reap the benefits of speedily putting one foot front of the other.
Perhaps you’ve heard of America’s most prescribed drug? It is in a class called statins and goes by the name of Crestor (rosuvastatin). It is marketed with the intent to ‘treat’ high cholesterol, and heart disease, but its effectiveness is deeply in question. It certainly doesn’t warrant the $5.8 billion in sales just in America annually, nor the $8.2 billion in revenues worldwide.
So how did this pharmaceutical drug made by AstraZeneca get so popular?
Book review by Dr Stuart Jeanne Bramhall | February 12, 2015 The Truth About Animal Fat: What the Research Shows The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat and Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet lays out the scientific case why our bodies are healthiest on a diet rich in saturated fat from animal products. Analyzing […]
The Secrets of Sugar Film Review by Dr Stuart Jeanne Bramhall | March 20, 2015 The Secrets of Sugar is a Canadian documentary about the conspiracy by the sugar industry and processed food companies to conceal the damaging effects of sugar on human health. For decades, the medical establishment has led us to believe that […]
