The future of cardiovascular disease prevention and treatment will not be found in your medicine cabinet, rather in your kitchen cupboard or in your back yard growing on a tree. A new study published in the journal Atherosclerosis confirms that pomegranate extract may prevent and/or reverse the primary pathology associated with cardiac mortality: the progressive thickening of the coronary arteries caused by the accumulation of fatty materials known as atherosclerosis.[i] Mice with a genetic susceptibility towards

Protein is such a crucial nutrient. And yet, most of us are severely lacking in it. Vegetarians and vegans due to the nature of the diet, and many disadvantaged people due to limited resources. For a typical meat eating person, 15 percent of the total calories consumed each day (roughly 113 grams for an active male eating 3,000 calories, or 83 grams for an active female consuming 2,200 calories) may come from protein. However, there are certain situations

If you’ve had your cholesterol levels checked, your doctor most likely tested your total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, and triglycerides. But we now know those are not accurate predictors for cardiovascular disease risk. According to Kresser, a much more accurate predictor is testing your LDL particle number. He explains: “To use an analogy: if you imagine your bloodstream’s like a river, the LDL particles are like the boats that carry the cholesterol and fats around

We want to be healthy. And to be healthy, we need to cut down on fat, so we should go for the low fat options when we choose food, right? Turns out its not so! Because manufacturers very cleverly disguise the awful taste of low fat foods by adding sugar instead. And so the consumption of the baked potato chips, fat-free ice cream, low-fat candies, cookies, and cakes has paradoxically caused obesity rates to skyrocket!

Can we actually get smarter? You bet! Simple ways to feed our brain, exercise the brain, improve its function: 1. EFA – ESSENTIAL FATTY ACIDS If there’s just one thing you’re willing to do, let it be this one. Eat fatty fish such as wild salmon, or take supplements. At all ages. Including the unborn or breast feeding infant, including the elderly grandparents. Especially students. Certainly adults with medical conditions ( Sole caveat: Patients on