heart health

Follow-up With the Heart Doctor – Guess What Wasn’t Discussed?

March 30, 2009
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My brother-in-law, Mike, went in recently for his follow-up appointment with the heart doc after his heart scare a few weeks ago. Wait until you hear what WASN’T said…

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What if Sex was Bad for You? (Don’t Forget Your Brain)

March 26, 2009

How much does it concern you when you read about this or that latest study? Does it really affect how you eat, what drugs you might consider taking, or which ones you would refuse?

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Statins After a Heart Attack?

March 20, 2009

If it was someone you loved, would you be for or against them taking statins after a heart attack? Recently someone I’m very close to had a heart attack…

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Are you on cholesterol medicine? Is it safe? What About HDL & LDL?

February 18, 2009

If you or someone you love is on statins (cholesterol medication), you may find this post helpful. A family member emailed recently and asked this: In your research have you come across anything to help raise good cholesterol? The doc took me off my cholesterol drug and gave me 3 months to get the “good” [...]

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Fermented Cod Liver Oil Series – Part 1: Is Fermented Cod Liver Oil Better?

October 9, 2008

Have you heard the buzz about fermented cod liver oil? First you may want to go to the beginning and read Cod liver oil: do we really need to take it? (Here’s the complete index of posts about CLO) Is Fermented Cod Liver Oil better nutritionally? Is it more expensive? Short answers: yes it’s MUCH [...]

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The Oiling of America – Sally Fallon talks about Saturated Fats

September 21, 2008

In the final post on my notes from last Saturday’s Deidre Currie Festival, Sally Fallon’s talk on “The Oiling of America” tells how we came to believe the myth that saturated fats are harmful to our health. It grinds me like crazy that it is still quite common to hear someone say their doctor wants [...]

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Heart Health Myths (Eggs Are Good For You!)

April 13, 2008

Update 5/5/08: A friend just called to let me know that the link below isn’t working. I couldn’t find it either, even after a lot of searching. I sent an e-mail to Fox News (see below for a copy), and if you could do the same, that would be great – I’m wondering if they [...]

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Does Fat Make You Fat? Dieting Answers – Part 1

April 3, 2008

The last post discussed how researchers are learning that diet foods make us fat. Today I want to explore a similar topic, this time regarding the issue of dietary fat itself. PART 1 – we’ll look at saturated fat, cholesterol and heart disease issues in this post (and one little tid-bit about the role of [...]

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Cod liver oil, part 1: answers to common questions

December 28, 2007

COD LIVER OIL SERIES:  See the complete index of posts about CLO Click here for WHERE TO BUY the Fermented Cod Liver Oil – the only kind I take now. Read more about the FERMENTED COD LIVER OIL and why it’s so much better for you. You won’t believe all the ways a daily dose [...]

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