Analysis of 135,267 participants showed this easy strategy helped prevent cardiovascular disease.

Analysis of 135,267 participants showed this easy strategy helped prevent cardiovascular disease.

Posted by:  Didrik Sopler, Ph.D., L.Ac.
  The following research analyzed 40 randomized controlled trials which included 135,267 participants (Bernasconi AA, et al., 2020). The researchers investigated the results of supplementation with EPA and DHA which are the active ingredients in omega 3 fish oil. They looked at cardiovascular outcomes and included myocardial infarction, coronary heart...
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Surprising research on lower mortality.

Surprising research on lower mortality.

Posted by:  Didrik Sopler, Ph.D., L.Ac.
  This population-based study included 495 077 women and men with an average age of 56.6 years (Li ZH, et al., 2020). The researchers wanted to find out if glucosamine would affect mortality. They evaluated all-cause mortality and mortality due to cardiovascular disease, cancer, respiratory and digestive disease. The average...
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Reduce your risk of heart attacks by adding one food to your meals

Reduce your risk of heart attacks by adding one food to your meals

Posted by:  Didrik Sopler
Research shows adding one food reduces the risk for heart attacks by 38%. Sometimes you can get big benefits by making small changes. There are several studies showing that just adding legumes to your meals can lower your cardiovascular risk. The results of this particular study found that only 1...
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Decreasing Inflammation is 1 Important Way to Increase Your Life Expectancy

Decreasing Inflammation is 1 Important Way to Increase Your Life Expectancy

The process of atherosclerosis is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease and involves deposits of fat and especially LDL cholesterol into the blood vessel wall (Salisbury D, Bronas U, 2014). These researchers state that when the LDL cholesterol gets deposited into the vascular wall it can oxidize and cause injury...
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