Cholesterol is essential for good health and a critical building block for the cells in your body. Here's a primer on how cholesterol can be both beneficial and disadvantageous to your health. This waxy, fat-like substance is produced naturally, mainly in your liver. But it also...
What happens to your brain and body when you don't get enough sleep? We certainly know that a lack of sleep will actually prevent your brain from initially making new memories. It's almost as though without sleep, the memory inbox of the brain shuts down and...
Your diet in general will greatly influence your cholesterol levels, but I will talk more about that shortly. First, I want to alert you to exciting research regarding specific foods that have demonstrated cholesterol lowering properties. If you eat enough of these foods, you might...
Choose healthy unsaturated fats for heart health. Emphasize omega-3 polyunsaturated fats (PUFAs) over omega-6 PUFAs. Swapping out saturated fats for healthier unsaturated fats (NOT rancid, refined fats or processed carbohydrates) is best for health, especially heart health and type 2 diabetes. Critics of the American Heart Association's...
Chronological age is not a good marker of our susceptibility to disease or mortality. In other words we all age differently and many factors play into our biological age. This month, researchers at Boston University School of Medicine published their study on a set of...