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New Study Examines Health Benefits of Losing Weight in Different Ways

11/08/16

Researchers tested the effects of weight loss from calorie-cutting, exercise, and a combination of both. Read the full article at: www.runnersworld.com Anyone who decides to undertake a weight-loss effort faces a number of critical choices. Among them: In terms of the best outcome, is it smarter to focus on cutting calories, increasing exercise, or a […]

Weight Loss

How to Avoid Diabetic Complications

16/06/16

Long term diabetic complications are the result of one or more parts of your body becoming damaged as a result of diabetes. Long term complications need not be inevitable and research indicates that it is possible to minimise complications or avoid or prevent them altogether. Read the full article at: www.diabetes.co.uk Good news: The complications […]

Diabetes

Controlling blood pressure, sugar, cholesterol linked to lower cardiovascular disease

28/04/16

While controlling blood pressure, blood sugar and LDL-cholesterol levels reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease in people with diabetes, only 7 percent of diabetic participants in three major heart studies had recommended levels of these three factors, according to research from the Heart Disease Prevention Program at the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine. […]

Study finds eating pears regularly may improve blood pressure, heart function | Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis

12/04/16

Eating fresh pears may improve blood pressure and vascular function in middle-aged men and women who are at risk of developing cardiovascular diseases and type 2 diabetes, according to a new study. “These initial results are very promising,” said lead author Sarah A Johnson, who conducted the research while at Florida State University. “With metabolic […]

UEA research shows high protein foods boost cardiovascular health

02/12/15

The really surprising thing that was found is that amino acid intake has as much of an effect on blood pressure as established lifestyle risk factors such as salt intake, physical activity and alcohol consumption. For arterial stiffness, the association was similar to the magnitude of change previously associated with not smoking. Beneficial daily amounts […]

Cardiovascular Health

Cholesterol-lowering ‘portfolio diet’ also reduces blood pressure, study finds

27/11/15

TORONTO, Nov.7, 2015 – A diet developed for reducing cholesterol also lowers blood pressure, a St. Michael’s Hospital study has found. The research, published today in Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Disease, was a secondary analysis of data collected for a 2011 study on the effect of the ‘portfolio diet’ on cholesterol. The portfolio diet lowered […]

Cardiovascular Health