cardiovascular disease

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• February 11, 2013
  Does Coconut Oil Clog Arteries?

  Sellers of coconut oil use a beef industry tactic to downplay the risks associated with the saturated fat in their products.
• February 4, 2013
  Plant-Based Diets: Oral Health

  Plant-based diets may help protect against oral cancer and periodontal (gum) disease, a leading cause of tooth loss.
• January 4, 2013
  Flesh and Fructose

  Meat and sugar increase uric acid levels, which are associated with increased risk of gout, hypertension (high blood pressure), obesity, prediabetes, diabetes, kidney disease and cardiovascular..
• January 2, 2013
  Miocene Meteorites and Uric Acid

  Human beings lost the ability to detoxify uric acid millions of years ago. What implications does this have for our health today?
• December 25, 2012
  Whole Grains May Work As Well As Drugs

  The consumption of three portions of whole grains a day appears as powerful as high blood pressure medications in alleviating hypertension.
• December 24, 2012
  Metabolic Syndrome and Plant-Based Diets

  Plant-based diets appear to protect against metabolic syndrome, also known as syndrome X, which is characterized by the so-called “deadly quartet,” abdominal obesity, high fasting sugars, high..
• December 20, 2012
  Preventing Strokes with Diet

  Increasing the intake of potassium-rich foods is associated with a significantly lower stroke risk.
• December 17, 2012
  Nonhuman Molecules Lining Our Arteries

  The foreign meat molecule Neu5Gc builds up in human tumors and atherosclerotic plaques and may play an inflammatory role in the progression of both diseases.