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The Coronary Heart Disease Risk Reducing Effects of N-3 Fatty Acids

| Cardiovascular Disease, EFAs, Health Topics

“Since 2000, eight prospective randomized clinical trials, eight epidemiological studies, and two animal studies provide substantial and conclusive scientific evidence that omega-3 fatty acids (DHA and EPA) reduce the risks of coronary heart disease.  As explained below, the evidence is very strong and warrants approval of the following claim by the FDA without need for […]

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Changing Dietary Guidelines to Help Reduce Heart Disease Risk

| Health Advocacy, Health Topics

Dietary guidelines issued by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Agriculture (USDA) are what the public look to when making nutritional choices. In 2003, growing research was finding that Americans could significantly reduce their risk of heart disease by eliminating trans fat and increasing their consumption of foods rich in omega-3 fatty

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Bet on beta glucans? It’s a sure thing for heart health

| Cardiovascular Disease, Dietary Supplements, Diseases and Conditions, Health Reports

One type of fiber that has attracted a great deal of lately is beta-glucan, a glucose biopolymer found in the cell walls of grains (such as barley and oats) and in mushrooms (such as maitake, reishi and shiitake), in addition to seaweed and algae. Beta-glucan has been the focus of an increasing number of studies

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Oxidative Telomere Attrition, Nutritional Antioxidants And Biological Aging.

| Blog, Cancer, Cardiovascular Disease, Diseases and Conditions, Health Reports, Health Topics, Immune System, Memory / Cognition, Men's Health, Nutrients, Senior's Health, Women's Health

Author: Michael J. Glade, PhD., F.A.C.N., C.N.S. Abstract Telomeres are strings of DNA that are not themselves genes but that extend every chromosome beyond its last gene. Terminal telomeres are sacrificed during every mitotic event in human cells (“telomere attrition”), preserving the functional genome despite the “end replication problem.” However, the “telomeric theory of biological

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The hospitals that overcharge patients by 1000%

| Blog, Health Reports, Health Topics

By Olga Khazan Try to avoid breaking any limbs in Crestview, Florida. You might wind up in North Okaloosa Medical Center, which charges 12.6 times, or 1,260 percent, more than what it costs the hospital to treat patients. North Okaloosa, along with New Jersey’s Carepoint Health-Bayonne Hospital, tops the list of the U.S. hospitals with

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Vitamin D3 may cut fat mass, boost heart health markers

| Health Topics, Weight Management

By Stephen Daniells, 24-Feb-2012 Daily supplements of vitamin D3 may improve certain markers of heart health like HDL cholesterol, and lead to significant reductions in body fat mass in overweight and obese people, says a new study. http://www.nutraingredients.com/Health/Weight-management/Vitamin-D3-may-cut-fat-mass-boost-heart-health-markers

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Have your cake and eat it: Chocolate consumption linked to lower BMI

| Health Topics, Weight Management

By Stephen Daniells, 28-Mar-2012 People who consume chocolate frequently may have lower body mass index (BMI) values, suggests ‘intriguing’ data from the University of California, San Diego. http://www.nutraingredients.com/Health/Weight-management/Have-your-cake-and-eat-it-Chocolate-consumption-linked-to-lower-BMI

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Magnesium supplements may ease hot flashes for breast cancer patients

| Health Topics, Women's Health

07-Jun-2011 Daily supplements of magnesium may ease hot flashes in women with breast cancer, suggest data from a pilot phase II trial from Virginia Commonwealth University Health System. http://www.nutraingredients.com/Health/Women-s-health/Magnesium-supplements-may-ease-hot-flashes-for-breast-cancer-patients

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